Friday, January 4, 2013
Closures this week at Watertown Plank Road and south for utility work are percursor to full reconstruction planned to begin in March, DOT says.
If you think you've seen a lot of detours and closings already, get set. You're about to get the first taste of the real deal – six years, or perhaps eight or nine, of the eye-popping Zoo Interchange Reconstruction Project. In preparation for major reconstruction that will begin in March and continue through next summer, a stretch of Mayfair Road will go down to one lane in each direction for part of the coming week, with more lane closures to follow, a Wisconsin Department of Transportation official says. Ryan Luck of the DOT, in an interview Friday morning with Patch's partners at Fox 6 News, said that one lane each way had already been closed and that only one lane in each direction would be open from Monday through Wednesday in the …
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Milwaukee County Research Park
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Rural historical society donates antique equipment to interpret the story of family farming in a bygone day.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
An update at the Milwaukee County Zoo turned out to be a look back, and the heroes are members of a stalwart group of rural historians. Pondering the approach to the Family Farm exhibit, Zoo curators saw a lot of asphalt and lawn grass – not much to suggest what was inside, and not very friendly to the environment. They had an inspiration, one that could solve both those problems and add something that's been missing from the main exhibit itself: The story of the history of family farming in Wisconsin in the materials and equipment of the times. "When you're driving in the country, you'll sometimes see an old piece of farm equipment sitting out in a field," said deputy zoo director Bruce Beehler. "It seems to want to tell a story." By …
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Milwaukee County Zoo
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Saturday is admission-free and an opportunity to see one of the rarest wild cats in the world.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Most of us have seen a cat with black feet. But a black-footed cat? Josie, who is, by nature, a black-footed cat, will not tell you what the difference is. But Patch and the Milwaukee County Zoo will. Josie is the poster animal for Family Free Day at the Zoo on Saturday. She's brand new to the Zoo and a little shy, but she can be found at the Small Animal House, and it won't cost you a scent to seek her. On Family Free Days each year, the Zoo will forgo any admission fee to coax you into its lair, filled with creatures from every corner of the world. Be forewarned: Regular parking rates still apply. Beware: Concessions, special shows and rentals still lurk at usual cost. Your cotton candy is not covered. The weather for April's annual …
Steve Rolefson
3:38 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Its got to be done. It will suck. Results will be great! 3 lanes each way is not enough. I go threw it every night south bound and it is horable. It takes me 1 hour to go from Butler Wi. To the air port in Milwaukee. more ›